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RE'GLINING CHAIR.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.;

ELLIS M. sANTEE, or coETLAND, NEw'YoEK, Assienon To .BEULAE B. sAN'rEE AND WILLrAM HAMILTON, BOTH or SAME rLAcE.

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SPECIPICATION-forming-pari'. of Letters Patent No. 364,132, dated June 14, 1887. Applicationled March 4, ISI. Serial No. 229.710. (NomodelQl Y To all whom 'it 11u/,y concern:

Beit known that I, ELLIS M. SANTEE, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Cortland, i in the county of Cortland and State of New York, have inventedv certain new and useful Improvements in Reclining-Chairs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exaetdcscription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which 1o it ap pertai ns to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

which form part of this specification,

My invention relates to that class of devices known as reclining-chairs, and has for its i5 object to provide aneasy-chair. with a sliding foot-rest upon a leg-support so constructed that when thefoot-rest is adjusted to conformto the size of 'the person it can be pushed out bythe feet as the person leans back to make zo the chair suit his ease and convenience. Its

further object is also to combine a sliding footrest with a leg-support so pivoted to the chair proper that it will follow the changes of plosi-l tion of the chair-seat Whenfthe foot-rest is pushed out or elevated, and when being depressed, to assume a vertical position, the footrest will automatically slide upward on the leg-support, thereby providing a chair so eqn ally balanced by the occupant that whether 3o it is upright, intermediate, or in .a reclining position the leverage will be so equal in all of.

its parts that no additional mechanism is required to hold it in position.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a per spective View of 1ny improved chair. Fig. 2 is aside View of the saine in an intermediate position. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail Showing the several parts. l y

Like letters of reference refer to correspond` 40 ing parts in each figure of the drawings.

A represents my improved chair, which in part is of -usual construction, having curved legs B crossing each other and united by crossrounds b, and secured to'the arms C by any 4 5 desired means.

The seat l) is suspended to the lower end of the chair-back E by curved iron straps d, rig. idly fastened to the back and pivoted to the sides of the scat, the back being pivoted to the 5o arms of the chair by one end of a curved iron strap, e, while the opposite end is rigidly secured to the lower third of the back, asshown in Fig. 2. -The front end. of the seat D is pivotally connected lto one end `of a curved iron strap, F, while the other end of the strap is 5 5j riveted .or otherwiserigidly fastened to afootsupport, G, which is pivoted at its upper end to an iron strap, f, that is `fastened to the arm Y of the chair.

'lhe vehairarms C are extended bcyondthe front ol' the seat to about one-third their en tire length to forni the portion c in front of the attachment and of the rear legs to the arms, and are reduced in size to fori-n a pivoted connection with a footercst. 6-

On theupper or front side of the leg-support G thcreis anupholstered cushion resting upon the cross-bars g, uniting the l`rame,while upon the front of its side bars there are waysor guides H secured, under which works a sliding adjustable foot-rest. y

-The foot-rest I consists of two side bars, i, united at their lower ends byaVfoot-board, J, and having iron or wearing face-plates j on their front sides. l These bars are placed upon the sigle bars of the leg-support under the guides ll, and are pivotally connected atv or near their upper ends to a brace, K, by iron strapslt, which are rigidly secured to each side of `-the brace.

At the upper end and on cach side of the brace l( there are also iron straps lc rigidly secured, between the ends of 'which straps the extended portion c of the arm of the chair is received and pivoted. l 35 The upper portions .of the side bars, t', 'are provided with holes to enable the foot-rest to be adj usted. inward or outward by means of the pivotlbolts in the lower end ol' the brace K, to suitthe convenience and size of the person before taking his seat in the chair. When the occupant of the chair isin a reclining position and the greater portion of the weight is brought to bear upon the back of the chair and rear portion of the seat, it is necessary to slightly incline the body forward in resuming the upright position'. A

As an arid to the weak and inrmin assuming the upright position from `that of a reclining one, a'tractiou-spring, Il, is placed beneath the seat l), with one end secured to the crossbar g of the legsupport, while the-other end IOO ' slight movement of 25- v.'is being reached.

vfoot-rest outward upon the Iegsupport, thereby drawing the leg-support and foot-rest fors ward and `upward by means of the brace K,

attached to the foot-rest and extended end of the chair-arm;

By this movement the front end of the chair-seat, `being attached to vthe leg-support,' is slightlyidrawn forward and elevated, as the pressure on the back'of the chair the rear en d of the seat forward and upward, thus keepingsthe seatof the chair on a horizontal plane while the desired' position It lwill thus be. seen that from the equal poise of all-of the parts the Voccupant is retained in` that position until a the body is again made with moderate pressure on'the foot-rest, when he may change his position with ease, and ifA inclined forward from afreelining posture the traction-spring will largely overcome the iny creased `weight on 'thefrea'rfportion of the ehairb y drawing thelegsupport backward, and with 'it the foot-rest, as the seat is lowered,v and the baekof the chair assumes avertical position. 'u f L Having fully descr-ibedlniy invention, fivbat l claim'as'new, and desire to secure byy Letters eeenaa 1. rlhe combination, with the main frame of a reclining-chair, oi a pri/ated leg-support and sliding footrest thereon, connected by sepa-f .rate pivotal attachments to 'the' arms of the chair, as and for'theipurpose setfforth.

slidingfoot-rest thereon pivoted to'loraces at'- taehed tothe extended portionsof the arms of the chair in front of theseat,y as and for the purpose set forth'.

3'. The combination, with the main frame of to the body of the'chair, said leg-support be ing provided with. an adjustable sliding footrest pivotedto a brace secured to the extended forth.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature lin presence of two witnesses.

ELLlS Ir/l. SANTEE.

y Witnesses:

W. C. CRoMBin,

@Hannes F. SHERALiE.

2.' The'comlo'ination, with a leg-support. piv-A loted to the seat and arms of the chair, of ahavinga tractionspring secured thereto andv endof thearm, as and for the purpose setv a chair having its arms extended .over andin l 

